On Twitter, over email lists, and in wry internal reports, journalists complained about a lack of legitimate opportunities to question the administration’s policies.
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Yup’ik educator appointed to National Advisory Council on Indian Education
Alaska has the third lowest graduation rate in the country for Alaska Native and American Indian students — about 51 percent in the 2010-11 school year.
Storytelling gives refugee teens a voice in their new community
Everyone has a story to tell, but it may not be the story you’d expect. An Anchorage non-profit called StoryWorks is helping teenagers find their stories.
Access to benefits focus of VA Secretary’s visit to Point Hope, Kotzebue
Without the VA facilities and representatives, information has a hard time reaching vets in bush Alaska.
Climate change, not Arctic drilling, drives Obama trip to Alaska
The White House released a video Thursday morning to explain why he will be the first sitting president to visit Alaska’s Arctic.
LGBT discrimination claims still not valid in Alaska
Alaska’s statewide and Anchorage anti-discrimination commissions are not required to offer protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people despite the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s interpretation that it is considered sex discrimination, which is already protected by law.